File:JeremiahHorrocks.jpg

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Description

English: The first observed Transit of the Planet Venus predicted & observed by Jeremiah Horrocks, 24th November 1639. Portrait held in the collection of Astley Hall Museum and Art Gallery Chorley and the property of Chorley Council.

Date

1903

Source

http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2705523

Author

William Richard Lavender

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Normal

Horizontal resolution

72 dpi

Vertical resolution

72 dpi

Software used

Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows

File change date and time

13:09, 5 June 2012

Colour space

Uncalibrated

Image height

400 px

Image width

284 px

Date and time of digitizing

15:08, 5 June 2012

Date metadata was last modified

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